Hi, I’m Tash

IFS & Creative Arts Practitioner

I'm an Internal Family Systems (IFS), IFIO, and Creative Arts Practitioner, and I work with people who feel caught in emotional or relational patterns despite often being highly self-aware.

Like many people drawn to this work, my interest in psychology, healing, and human behaviour began long before I entered the therapy room. Over the years, I explored a wide range of approaches in search of answers to my own struggles and a deeper understanding of why certain patterns felt so difficult to shift.

What ultimately changed my life was Internal Family Systems (IFS).

Rather than asking me to fight, suppress, or overcome parts of myself, IFS invited me to become curious about them. The parts I had judged, feared, or wished would disappear often turned out to be the parts carrying pain, protection, and untold stories.

That experience continues to shape the way I work today.

“The parts of ourselves we struggle with most are often the parts that have been trying the hardest to protect us.”

How I Work

  • Parts Work (IFS):

    • Understanding the different parts of yourself and the roles they have learned to play.

  • Creative Expression:

    • Exploring emotions, patterns, and experiences through imagery, drawing, journalling, collage, and creative process.

  • Somatic Awareness:

    • Developing a deeper relationship with the body, emotions, and nervous system.

  • Depth-Oriented Exploration:

    • Working with the deeper layers of experience, including meaning, shadow, patterns, dreams, and self-understanding.

My Approach

My work focuses on helping people understand and relate differently to the parts of themselves they usually judge, fear, avoid, or push away.

Together, we explore the patterns that feel stuck, the emotions that feel overwhelming, and the protective strategies that may no longer be serving you in the ways they once did.

Alongside IFS, I integrate creative expression, somatic awareness, mindfulness, and depth-oriented approaches. Sometimes words alone aren't enough. Creative processes can offer another way of exploring emotions, memories, patterns, and experiences that can be difficult to put into language.

Above all, I aim to create a space where all parts of you are welcome.

Areas I Support

  • Relational trauma and attachment wounds

  • Emotional overwhelm and nervous system dysregulation

  • Identity and self-worth

  • Life transitions

  • Inner child and parts work

  • Relationship patterns

  • Anxiety and self-criticism

Qualifications

  • Level 1 and Level 2 Internal Family Systems Practitioner

  • IFIO Couples Therapy Training

  • Master of Mental Health (Art Therapy) – Current

  • Somatic Trauma Therapy

  • 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher (RYT-200)

  • Diploma of Health Science (Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine)

  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology)